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Wed 9 Pleasure and Play: Popular Art in Edo, Japan6pm / free Richard Bullen discusses art from Japan’s Edo period (1615–1867). Despite its popularity and mass-produced nature, the art of Japan’s ‘floating world’ is surprisingly complex, full of references to the country’s cultural past. Sponsored by The Press Sat 12 Breakfast: The New Hang: Brought to Light8.30am / collection galleries / Friends $20 / public $30 / book by 9 Dec: (03) 941 7356 Join the Gallery’s curators as they discuss the transformation of the collection galleries and highlight some of its jewels. Daily: For Families10am–5pm / collect from Blue Planet / gold coin donation Explore Blue Planet and Brought to Light: A New View of the Collection with this fun activity book. New!Ricky Swallow Watercolours12 December – 21 February Australian artist Ricky Swallow is best known as a maker of meticulous sculptures that reinvent the still-life tradition on contemporary terms. But he is also a maker of playful and atmospheric watercolours. Featuring more than eighty works, this exhibition surveys the full range of these ‘atmospheric presentations’ – from early science-fiction scenarios and still-life studies through to his recent haunting portraits of members of the Kelly Gang. Touring Gallery C A UQ Art Museum touring exhibition
The Naked and the Nude18 December – 18 April The unclothed human figure is one of art’s oldest subjects, yet it still catches attention and ignites debate. This exhibition brings together dozens of bodies from the collection, from languid academic nudes to the fragmented bodies of recent art. Along the way, the exhibition charts the growing tension between the nude and the naked – between works of art that idealise the body and those that try to tell it like it is. Touring Gallery A and B
Current ExhibitionsChris Heaphy: Untitled (bleu)Until 14 February Screening to coincide with the exhibition Blue Planet, this video work from the Gallery’s collection is of the waters of Lake Taupo, near the mouth of the Hinemaia River. Chris Heaphy has turned the rich-blue waterscape on its side to create an enigmatic image suggesting ghostly figures. The soundtrack is a mixture of Gregorian chanting and sacred music by sixteenth-century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. Tait Electronics Gallery
TalismanUntil 14 February Talismans are found in many cultures throughout the world. In this exhibition twelve contemporary New Zealand jewellery artists have made new work responding to the enduring power of the talisman. Ritual, superstition and transformation, aspects often forgotten or lost in secular society, are explored. The inclusion of twelve rare and important historic talismans from Canterbury Museum's oceanic collection highlights an exchange across times and cultures, and reinforces not only the connections between jewellery and the body, science, magic and nature, but also the idea that jewellery accrues meaning through use. Monica Richards Gallery Sponsored by Creative New Zealand and in partnership with Canterbury Museum The Vault: Neil PardingtonUntil 14 March Working behind the scenes in museums and galleries throughout New Zealand with his large-format camera, Neil Pardington reveals the hidden collection storage spaces that are normally closed to the public. William A. Sutton and Ravenscar Galleries A Christchurch Art Gallery Touring Exhibition
Blue PlanetUntil 7 November Blue is a feeling, a place to dream, an endless idea and the colour of our amazing planet as seen from space. Looking at the ways artists have used the colour blue, Blue Planet celebrates imaginative art making and thinking, as well as different cultural and global perspectives. Blue Planet is shaped with younger audiences in mind. Burdon Family Gallery
Brought to Light: A New View of the CollectionOpen now Almost seven years since Christchurch Art Gallery opened, the collection display has undergone a complete refreshment. Spectacularly reconfigured exhibition spaces feature a dynamic mix of new and seldom-seen works, as well as new conversations among old favourites. For any art institution charged with conserving the past, registering the present and offering suggestions for the future, the challenge to ‘bring to light’ is at once daunting and inspiring. Brought to Light: A New View of the Collection is our response to that challenge. Read more about Brought to Light. Check out our staff blog. Friends
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